About the lot N° 50
Title : Marionette Bamana Bamana Puppet
Size : 71 cmProvenance : Celeste et Armand Bartos, New York, acquise auprès de ce dernier avant
1975Notes : This relatively small puppet would have been part of a larger
superstructure of masks worn in the Ségou region in the didactic Sogow
masquerade. The puppets are called Maani (maa - human beings and ni -
the diminutive of: little people) (Arnoldi in Colleyn (ed.), pp 77-93)
See Christie's, Paris, 10 June 2008 lot 12 for a related puppet formerly
in the Meulendijk Collection and published in Wassing, African Art,
Amsterdam, 1968, p.221, n.24. This work can be seen in a 1975 photo of
the Bartos's New York apartment, prominently placed in their living
room.Christie's, auctioneer, Paris, FR
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Sale title : Art Africain et Océanien
Sale date : 19 Jun 2013
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